2024–25 Israeli Premier League

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The 2024–25 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat TOTO Winner[1] for sponsorship reasons is the 26th season since the introduction of the Israeli Premier League in 1999 and the 83rd season of top-tier football in Israel.

Season2024–25
Dates24 August 2024 – 24 May 2025
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv (26th title)
RelegatedMaccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Hadera
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Israeli Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates24 August 2024 – 24 May 2025
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv (26th title)
RelegatedMaccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Hadera
UEFA Champions LeagueMaccabi Tel Aviv
UEFA Europa LeagueHapoel Be'er Sheva
UEFA Conference LeagueMaccabi Haifa
Beitar Jerusalem
Matches240
Goals668 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorerGuy Melamed (21)
Biggest home winBeitar Jerusalem 5–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva (4 December 2024)
Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–0 Beitar Jerusalem (24 May 2025)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5–0 Hapoel Haifa (24 May 2025)
Biggest away winMaccabi Netanya 1–6 Maccabi Tel Aviv (12 May 2025)
Highest scoringF.C. Ashdod 3–5 Bnei Sakhnin (31 December 2024)
Longest winning runHapoel Be'er Sheva (6)
Longest unbeaten runHapoel Be'er Sheva (17)
Longest winless runHapoel Hadera (12)
Longest losing runIroni Kiryat Shmona (6)
All statistics correct as of 25 May 2025.
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Teams

The league consisted of fourteen teams; twelve sides from the previous season and two promoted teams from the 2023–24 Liga Leumit (Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Ironi Tiberias). Ironi Kiryat Shmona returned to the top flight after a single season, Ironi Tiberias was promoted for the first time in its history. They replaced the 2023–24 Israeli Premier League bottom two teams, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikva who were relegated to the 2024–25 Liga Leumit.

Locations of the 2024–25 Israeli Premier League teams

Stadiums and locations

More information Team, Location ...
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Bnei Sakhnin Sakhnin Doha Stadium 8,500
F.C. Ashdod Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,800
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Turner Stadium 16,126
Hapoel Hadera Hadera Netanya Stadium[i] 13,610
Hapoel Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,950
Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Netanya Stadium[2] 13,610
Ironi Tiberias Tiberias Green Stadium[i] 5,200
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Reineh Green Stadium[i] 5,200
Maccabi Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,950
Maccabi Netanya Netanya Netanya Stadium 13,610
Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
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More information Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa ...
Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem		 Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa		 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Hadera
Ironi Kiryat Shmona		 Maccabi Petah Tikva Bnei Sakhnin
Netanya Stadium, Netanya HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva Acre Municipal Stadium, Acre
F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Be'er Sheva Ironi Tiberias
Maccabi Bnei Reineh
Yud-Alef Stadium, Ashdod Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva Green Stadium, Nof HaGalil
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Personnel and sponsorship

More information Team, President ...
Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Barak Abramov Israel Barak Yitzhaki Israel Yarden Shua Umbro Geshem Holdings
Bnei Sakhnin Israel Mohammed Abu Younes Israel Slobodan Drapić Israel Maroun Gantous Le Coq Sportif Walid Automotive
F.C. Ashdod Israel Rafi Niddam Israel Klemi Saban Israel Tom Ben Zaken Nike Blue Home Projects
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Alona Barkat Israel Ran Kojok Israel Portugal Miguel Vítor Umbro Victory
Hapoel Hadera Israel Yakir Schwartz Israel Asaf Nimni Israel Menashe Zalka Umbro BTB
Hapoel Haifa Israel Yoav Katz Israel Ronny Levy Israel Dor Malul Diadora Leos Madia
Hapoel Jerusalem Israel Yotam Karmon Israel Ziv Arie Israel Ofek Bitton Legea Allon ventures
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Israel Izzy Sheratzky Israel Shay Barda Israel Ayid Habshi Diadora Ituran
Ironi Tiberias Israel Arie Kalmanzon and Mickey Bitan Israel Eliran Hudeda Brazil Daniel Tenenbaum Le Coq Sportif Yochelman Group
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Israel Saeed Basoul Israel Sharon Mimer Israel Eyad Hutba Zeus Sport Boneh Renih
Maccabi Haifa Israel Ya'akov Shahar Israel Itay Mordechai (caretaker) Israel Lior Refaelov Adidas Volvo
Maccabi Netanya Israel Eyal Segal Israel Yossi Abukasis Israel Karem Jaber Lotto
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Avraham Luzon Israel Noam Shoham Israel Yarden Cohen Kelme
Maccabi Tel Aviv Canada Mitchell Goldhar Serbia Žarko Lazetić Israel Eran Zahavi Fila Pelephone
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Maccabi Haifa Israel Messay Dego End of contract 29 May 2024 Pre-season Israel Barak Bakhar 29 May 2024
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Elyaniv Barda 31 May 2024 Israel Ran Kojok 2 June 2024
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Ran Kojok 2 June 2024 Israel Dan Roman 3 June 2024
Maccabi Tel Aviv Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane Mutual consent 7 June 2024 Serbia Žarko Lazetić 24 June 2024
Maccabi Netanya Israel Marco Balbul[3] Sacked 29 October 2024 13th Israel Yossi Abukasis[4] 29 October 2024
Hapoel Hadera Israel Haim Silvas[5] 2 November 2024 14th Israel Asaf Nimni[5] 2 November 2024
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Dan Roman 7 December 2024 11th Israel Tamir Luzon 7 December 2024
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Foreign players


The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team.[6]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

More information Club, Player 1 ...
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Non-visa player
Beitar Jerusalem Portugal Miguel Silva Ivory Coast Ismaila Soro Costa Rica Mayron George France Jean Marcelin Ghana Patrick Twumasi Russia Grigori Morozov
Bnei Sakhnin Cyprus Constantinos Soteriou Belgium Stéphane Oméonga Nigeria Chinemerem Godwin Palestine Abed Yassin
Palestine Hadi Rabah
F.C. Ashdod Uganda Timothy Awany Ghana Montari Kamaheni Cameroon Martin Ndzie Ghana Ebenezer Mamatah France Jordan Sebban
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Portugal Hélder Lopes Gabon André Biyogo Poko Colombia Déinner Quiñones Kazakhstan Artur Shushenachev Zambia Kings Kangwa Bulgaria Yoni Stoyanov
Hapoel Hadera Senegal Mamadou Mbodj Nigeria James Adeniyi France Ibrahim Sangaré Ghana Godsway Donyoh Serbia Nikola Đurković
Hapoel Haifa Republic of the Congo Fernand Mayembo Belarus Dmitry Antilevsky Burkina Faso Dramane Salou Mali Thiemoko Diarra Ivory Coast Aboubacar Doumbia Jamaica Javon East
Hapoel Jerusalem Ivory Coast Eloge Yao Ivory Coast Cédric Franck Don Netherlands Jelle Duin Nigeria Ibeh Ransom Jidechukwu North Macedonia Marko Alchevski
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Guinea Sekou Tidiany Bangoura Panama Cristian Martínez
Ironi Tiberias Argentina Franco Mazurek Ukraine Stanislav Bilenkyi Czech Republic Ondřej Bačo Brazil Daniel Tenenbaum
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Serbia Nemanja Ljubisavljević Guinea-Bissau Sambinha Nigeria Muhammed Usman Edu Nigeria Ezekiel Henty Palestine Omar Nahfaoui
Palestine Abdallah Jaber
Maccabi Haifa Senegal Abdoulaye Seck Democratic Republic of the Congo Vital Nsimba Brazil Pedrão Curaçao Xander Severina Spain Matías Nahuel Brazil Ricardinho Niger Ali Mohamed
Germany Erik Shuranov
Argentina Tomás Sultani
Ukraine Oleksandr Syrota
Maccabi Netanya Ghana Ibrahim Tanko Cape Verde Heriberto Tavares Venezuela Freddy Vargas
Maccabi Petah Tikva Cyprus Andreas Karo Ukraine Daniel Joulani Mali Saliou Guindo Argentina Marco Wolff
Maccabi Tel Aviv Ghana Henry Addo Netherlands Tyrese Asante Mali Issouf Sissokho Serbia Nemanja Stojić Brazil Weslley Patati Croatia Simon Sluga Netherlands Joris van Overeem
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Regular season

Regular season table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 18 6 2 52 18 +34 58[a] Qualification for the Championship round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 17 6 3 56 27 +29 57
3 Maccabi Haifa 26 14 6 6 54 32 +22 47[b]
4 Beitar Jerusalem 26 13 7 6 48 34 +14 46
5 Hapoel Haifa 26 12 5 9 39 31 +8 41
6 Maccabi Netanya 26 11 4 11 39 37 +2 37
7 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 10 4 12 28 38 −10 34 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Maccabi Bnei Reineh 26 9 4 13 27 35 −8 31
9 Hapoel Jerusalem 26 7 9 10 32 35 −3 30
10 Ironi Tiberias 26 6 9 11 20 36 −16 27
11 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 6 6 14 22 44 −22 24
12 Bnei Sakhnin 26 6 6 14 19 37 −18 23[c]
13 F.C. Ashdod 26 5 7 14 35 48 −13 22
14 Hapoel Hadera 26 3 11 12 23 42 −19 20
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Source: Soccerway, One
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Hapoel Be'er Sheva had 2 points deducted following riot in Bnei Sakhnin match.[7]
  2. [b]
    Maccabi Haifa had 1 point deducted following riot in Maccabi Tel Aviv match.[8]
  3. [c]
    Bnei Sakhnin had 1 point deducted following riot in Hapoel Be'er Sheva match.[7]

Regular season results

More information Home \ Away, HBS ...
Home \ Away HBS MTA MHA BEI HHA MNE IKS MBR HJE ITI MPT BnS ASH HAH
Hapoel Be'er Sheva — 2–2 3–3 4–1 3–0 1–0 5–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 0–0[a] 3–1 2–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 — 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 5–1 2–2
Maccabi Haifa 0–2 0–3[b] — 1–3 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 3–3 4–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 4–2
Beitar Jerusalem 1–1 3–1 3–2 — 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 3–2 0–0
Hapoel Haifa 0–1 1–1 1–4 3–2 — 1–3 4–3 1–3 4–0 1–0 5–1 2–1 2–1 3–0
Maccabi Netanya 1–2 1–2 0–2 3–0 0–3 — 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 2–2 2–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0–1 1–2 0–4 0–3 2–1 0–1 — 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–1
Maccabi Bnei Reineh 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 4–3 1–0 — 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–4 1–2
Hapoel Jerusalem 0–2 2–3 0–0 3–3 1–0 2–3 0–0 0–1 — 4–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Ironi Tiberias 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 3–1 1–0 0–2 — 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–5 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 — 1–1 2–2 0–0
Bnei Sakhnin 0–0 0–4 0–3[c] 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 — 2–2 0–1
F.C. Ashdod 0–2 0–2 1–3 2–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–5 — 1–1
Hapoel Hadera 1–2 2–3 1–3 0–4 0–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–3 —
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Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    No-points cancelled game.[7]
  2. [b]
    Originally 1–1, later changed.[8]
  3. [c]
    Originally 1–1, later changed.[9]

Championship round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)[citation needed]

More information Rounds, 27th ...
Rounds
27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th
1 – 6
2 – 5
3 – 4		 1 – 2
5 – 3
6 – 4		 2 – 6
3 – 1
4 – 5		 1 – 4
2 – 3
6 – 5		 3 – 6
4 – 2
5 – 1		 6 – 1
5 – 2
4 – 3		 2 – 1
3 – 5
4 – 6		 6 – 2
1 – 3
5 – 4		 3 – 2
4 – 1
5 – 6		 6 – 3
2 – 4
1 – 5
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Championship round table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MTA HBS MHA BEI HHA MNE
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) 36 24 8 4 86 36 +50 80 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round — 1–1 1–1 5–0 3–0 4–1
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 36 24 8 4 75 28 +47 78[a] Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[b] 1–3 — 4–1 3–1 5–0 2–0
3 Maccabi Haifa 36 18 8 10 68 54 +14 61[c] Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round 0–3 0–3 — 3–3 1–5 1–0
4 Beitar Jerusalem 36 15 9 12 58 54 +4 53[d] 3–1 1–1 1–2 — 0–1 0–3
5 Hapoel Haifa 36 15 7 14 51 50 +1 52 1–3 1–2 0–2 1–0 — 1–1
6 Maccabi Netanya 36 13 6 17 51 58 −7 45 1–6 2–1 2–3 0–1 2–2 —
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Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Hapoel Be'er Sheva had 2 points deducted following riot in Bnei Sakhnin match.[7]
  2. [b]
    Hapoel Be'er Sheva qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the 2024–25 Israel State Cup winners; the second Conference League spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.
  3. [c]
    Maccabi Haifa had 1 point deducted following riot in Maccabi Tel Aviv match.[8]
  4. [d]
    Beitar Jerusalem had 1 point deducted following riot in Maccabi Haifa match.

Relegation round

Relegation round table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation HJE MBR IKS BnS ASH ITI MPT HAH
7 Hapoel Jerusalem 33 11 11 11 47 42 +5 44 2–0 4–1 3–1 0–0
8 Maccabi Bnei Reineh 33 12 5 16 36 43 −7 41 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–2
9 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 33 11 4 18 32 52 −20 37 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–1
10 Bnei Sakhnin 33 10 7 16 26 44 −18 36[a] 0–1 0–0 2–1
11 F.C. Ashdod 33 8 11 14 48 55 −7 35 1–1 4–2 4–1
12 Ironi Tiberias 33 8 11 14 28 45 −17 35 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1
13 Maccabi Petah Tikva (R) 33 8 9 16 31 50 −19 33 Relegation to
Liga Leumit		 1–2 1–1 4–1
14 Hapoel Hadera (R) 33 5 12 16 31 57 −26 27 2–4 1–0 0–1
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Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Bnei Sakhnin had 1 point deducted following riot in Hapoel Be'er Sheva match.[7]

Season statistics

Top scorers

[10]

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Israel Guy Melamed Hapoel Haifa \ Maccabi Haifa 21
2 Israel Dia Saba Maccabi Haifa 16
3 Israel Dor Turgeman Maccabi Tel Aviv 15
4 Israel Dean David Maccabi Haifa 14
Israel Mohammed Kna'an F.C. Ashdod
Zambia Kings Kangwa Hapoel Be'er Sheva
7 Serbia Igor Zlatanović Maccabi Netanya 13
Israel Alon Turgeman Hapoel Be'er Sheva
9 Brazil Weslley Patati Maccabi Tel Aviv 12
Israel Eran Zahavi Maccabi Tel Aviv
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Attendances

More information No., Club ...
No. Club Average attendance[11] Change Highest
1Maccabi Haifa FC22,95312,8%29,064
2Maccabi Tel Aviv FC20,4420,4%28,429
3Beitar Jerusalem FC18,53246,0%27,000
4Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC12,78528,6%15,784
5Maccabi Netanya FC6,039-0,7%12,420
6Hapoel Jerusalem FC5,04334,3%23,993
7Hapoel Haifa FC4,414-6,2%13,100
8Maccabi Petah Tikva FC3,068-7,3%9,520
9FC Ashdod2,59027,5%6,664
10Hapoel Hadera-Giv'at Olga FC1,827-34,7%6,545
11Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona FC1,594-8,162
12Ironi Tiberias FC1,416-5,200
13Maccabi Bnei Reineh FC1,367-35,5%4,088
14Bnei Sakhnin FC1,146-45,6%4,311
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Notes

  1. [i]
    The team play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.[citation needed]

See also

References

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